Do Fruit Juices Prevent Medications from Working Properly?

Well, according to scientists, drinking fruit juice dramatically reduces the effectiveness of drugs used to treat cancer, heart conditions and high blood pressure. Also, studies show that orange, apple and grapefruit juice can also eliminate the benefits of some antibiotics and hay-fever pills. Here's how and why...








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Junk Food Makes Kids Naughty

The ill Effect of Junk Food on Kids’

Health and Nutrition

Here's something we all could learn from. According to research, our children’s health and nutrition are badly compromised when we give them junk diet as early as three years old. Findings show that, by the time they go to school, the damage has already been done as they emerge the worst-behaved in class and the least to perform in tests.

The study on the effects of junk food on kids’ health and nutrition was conducted by the University of London’s Institute for Education. It revealed that the eating habits generate a long lasting influence on our body regardless of later changes in our diet. The study also disclosed that children’s diet at a later age does not have a remarkable significance on their performance.

Parents and guardians are advised to give children a well-balanced diet from an early age for the young ones to accomplish well in school.


The Sun has the full story...



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VITAMIN C- The Mother of All Vitamins

Did you know that all other vitamins need Vitamin C to work? Interesting, right? But what’s more interesting is the fact that Vitamin C can actually do its job without the other ones.

We need Vitamin C for about 300 metabolic functions in our body. Almost all animals and plants manufacture their own Vitamin C except humans and a few animal species.

Since our bodies cannot generate Vitamin C, we must get it through proper diet that should include grains, vegetables, fruits, dairy products, and beans — types of food that are often ignored and even shunned by some people.

Among its other functions Vitamin C, which is also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble antioxidant that protects our cells from the harmful effects of free radicals. It is needed for collagen formation, which supports all the tissues in our body such as skin, bones, teeth, etc. It also enhances energy and mood, sleep, and pain control, as well as fight stress and fatigue.

The alkaline type or non-acidic Vitamin C is notably more effective and can enter the body four times faster and stays in the body tissue longer than standard forms.

As taught by our health teachers in grade school, deficiency in Vitamin C results to scurvy in humans. Other known weaknesses or illnesses brought about by its absence are: susceptibility to colds and bronchial infections, joint pains, lack of energy, poor digestion, difficult wound healing, and tooth loss.


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